Recent content by Lee Edwards

I came across this today and I am thinking this could be what I need to do. I think in this I.age they have the concrete block on its belly with the engineering brick infront and then straddling the concrete block. So I can do this but have the block installed normally and then the bricks infront.

That's good to know. I was thinking of the ease of running drainage with beam and block floor. I will not have enough depth with a concrete slab so hoping I can just put a rest bend on the foundation as close to the wall as possible so I don't need to run it through the hardcore. Although I...

I just thought it would be easier as a diy project

Hi Thanks for your reply. I am going to do the concrete and then insulation so I can do the screed last with UFH. Good to know that the 10mm difference is ok. I was actually thinking of grinding it down a touch. I am asking around for a good brickie so hopefully someone will refer someone as...

Hi Yes sorry, my bad i hope I have made that cleared that up above.

Hi. Thanks for your reply. It is a garden room. That is being built as a house as planning permission was required due to it having a kitchen, bathroom and mezzanine level. I was going to put in a beam and block floor but I have decided I don't want the vents. With a beam and block floor or...

Thanks for replying. I thought it was the standard way to cast a slab for a floor?

Hi all. I hope you are all good. I am am now after some advice on the best blocks/bricks to use to sit the timber walls on. I was going to do a beam and block floor but I think I would prefer it with no vents. So going to go with 150mm type 1, 50mm sand, dpm, 100m concrete, 100mm insulation and...

Thanks so much for the reply. So the technical term is screw the beds down. Love it. Good to know that the beds are pretty much stable once dry. I was at Hampton Court palace the other day and noticed the mortar between the bricks there was really small. Amazing consideration those bricks must...

I purchased a red one to tile my bathroom a few years ago and have just kept with that. I bought a receiver last night and that certainly beats trying to find the laser line outside. With blockwork, is it ok to go smaller than the 10mm mortar bed underneath, say at the highest point so then you...

Ah, that's great. I have a 360 laser level so I should be able to do this. But, as you say, it is hard to see in daylight, especially when sunny. Mine is also red so even trickier. Thanks so much for your help.

A laser level with a square function, does it measure the diagonal then or just square a corner?

Hey, good morning and thanks for the detailed diagram. It is very informative. I see where setting out is the most important part of a job, get this correct and hopefully all should go well. I imagine it can be quite hard working around all those lines though. Thanks again for your help.

Hi Woody. Thanks so much for the reply and advice. When you say search, do you mean on the forum or actually look it on on the web? Hopefully you are still sleeping as your reply was nearly midnight. Cheers